My one and only brand new car (out of about 35 cars I've owned) was a '75
Fiat X1/9. I loved that car. It never gave me any trouble in 50,000
miles. Then I backed it into a telephone pole at 60 mph. I went over a
huge bump in the road, got airborne, came down on the RF, and spun into the
pole. I sold it because the car was never the same after that <g>. BTW, I
didn't have a scratch. If you are going to hit something at high speed, do
it going backwards in a car with high-back bucket seats.
Rick
'59 Bugeye (owned since long before the Fiat)
Swift Justice wrote:
> Everyone knows that FIAT stands for Fix It Again Tony.
>
> I used to have '81 X1/9 and I am not ashamed to say that I loved it
> and was sorry to see it go. (hard to put a baby seat in one) I would
> have another. Can't eat fish and chips all the time, need a little
> lasagne now and then.
>
> When I worked at Subaru, I had the X1/9 and another test car driver had
> a MK II midget. You should have heard the techs howl when we drove our
> cars to work.
>
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